Accreditation
The NC State Professional Education Unit (teacher and other educator preparations programs in the College of Education, the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences) was reviewed in a combined visit by a Board of Examiners team from the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) and the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NC DPI) in March, 2007. This visit resulted in an “Accredited With Conditions” by NCATE, as the Unit was deemed to have not met one of seven NCATE standards—the assessment standard. A team of reviewers will return to NC State in October, 2009, to review the status of our assessment system. The College of Education, as the leader of the Unit, is collecting the documentation necessary for approval, and we are completing a state-of-the-art electronic assessment system (SAGE—Systems of Assessment Guiding Education) that will be readily accessible to faculty, students, and other authorized individuals. We are confident that we will be reaccredited without conditions after the 2009 visit. Accreditation with Conditions status does not affect the current accredited status of the College of Education and the Unit, nor does it impact the license status of any former student or the ability of current and future students to obtain a license as a teacher, administrator, counselor, or other school personnel.
"NCATE accreditation is the 'gold standard' for colleges with teacher-education programs. Coupled with the review by the NC Department of Public Instruction, it assures students and the world at large that this college has high-quality programs staffed by well-qualified faculty, and that the students who graduated from these programs are well and fully prepared to be excellent teachers."
- Dr. Kathryn Moore, College of Education, Dean
College of Education
Four of the College's five academic departments offer undergraduate and graduate programs leading to a North Carolina lincense as a professional educator in public school education, K-12. The fifth department prepares professionals for post-secondary teaching and administration. There are also programs leading to educator licensure in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences and the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education
The NCATE has approved the University's teacher education programs since 1960 with accrediting visits each ten years. In recent years, the schedule was changed to every five years. Qualifying for an educator's license in another state is simplified for graduates of an NCATE-approved institution. In 2006-2007, NC State conducted a self-study of its programs, students, faculty and resources to assure that NCATE standards were met.
NC Department of Public Instruction
The NCDPI administers the NC Board of Education's process for approval of teacher education programs leading to a public school educator's license. NC State offers a wide array of degree programs through which a graduate may qualify for a license as a teacher, administrator, counselor, curriculum-instruction specialist, instructional specialist-computers, school psychologist and school social worker.
last updated 3/24/09
